Millennia:	2nd millennium BC
Centuries:	18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC
Decades:	1700s BC 1690s BC 1680s BC - 1670s BC - 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC
Years:	1679 BC 1678 BC 1677 BC 1676 BC 1675 BC 1674 BC 1673 BC 1672 BC 1671 BC 1670 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• c. 1674 BC — End of Middle Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. Start of Second intermediate period. 15th–17th Dynasties.
• Egypt: Start of Fifteenth Dynasty.
• 1674 BC — Death of Pharaoh Tutimaios of Egypt.
• 1674 BC — Ipuwer Papyrus written.
• 1674 BC — Hyksos invade Egypt.

Significant people

Deaths

• 1677 BC — Terah, father of Abraham, according to the Hebrew Calendar